Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

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ACCRETION  2013nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  95se
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  218n
CONVECTION  85se
CONVERGENT  1015nw
CORE  208nw
CRUST  314e
DENSITY  1316w
DIVEREGENT  1218w
ISLANDARC  204w
LITHOSPHERE  2014nw
MANTLE  72w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  72e
OCEANIC  915nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  2015nw
PANGEA  1213nw
PLATE  2015w
PLATETECTONICS  2014n
RIFTVALLEY  1115nw
RIFTZONE  134se
STRAOVOLCANO  83e
SUBDUCTION  1214nw
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  1120e
THERRMAL  2012nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  318n